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Process Automation and Market Expansion for Barrier-Wrapped Wood Posts and Poles

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2019-DG-11062765-738
In Progress
Wood Products Markets Grants (WPM)
Integrated Biomass Resources, LLC
75100 Lower Diamond Lane
Wallowa, OR 97885
541-886-4321
http://integratedbiomass.com/
This project will design, engineer and install a system to automate the application of a patented, recycled plastic barrier wrap on wood posts and poles. As a biodeterioration resistance product, the barrier wrap increases the life expectancy of wood posts and poles placed into service with ground contact. It also expands the markets for small diameter Douglas-fir and Western larch posts, which are currently limited due to those species resistance to the penetration of chemical wood preservatives in pressure treatment.
Project goals and objectives are: 1. Develop new and expanded markets for both treated and untreated wood posts and poles. 2. Increase acres treated and decrease cost of management on National Forest System lands. 3. Increase employment in economically-distressed rural communities.
Oregon, plastic barrier-wrap, posts, poles, biodeterioration, douglas-fir, western larch
US Forest Service Grant $ 250,000
Cooperative Funding $ 250,000
Total $ 500,000
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WERC Project Management Information System (WERC-PMIS)
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